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Just back from a fantastic trip to Kruger and we also saw a black rhino for the first time

It didn't display behaviour we expected ie it stayed in one position for quite some time and did not seem bothered by the onlookers.We sat there for 20mins with it, the first photos we took were very quick snaps as we expected it to run, but, the photos got better and better as we realised he was staying put and we had time, she/he even seemed to pose for us!

According to a book by Salomon Joubert several Black Rhinos had been reintroduced in the 70's and 80's from Natal Parks Board as well as from Zimbabwe and even from Addo Elephant Park. In the KNP Annual Report of 1998/90 the number of Black Rhino was estimated at 250. I wonder what it is today ?

In all my years visiting Kruger Park I have never seen a Black Rhino. In May I shall be in Kruger for 35 days covering north to south and I just have to find a black rhino !

I have just done a North to South trip so not really giving away any locations. I had on my wish list to see Black Rhinos and our guide told us at some stage of the trip some areas they are sometimes seen from and we would go there. We found a Black Rhino and then an hour or so later spotted two more together.

We may have had another sighting as well but it was 50/50 as it was a long distance away and he wouldn't lift his head up for us to see properly and get an identification. Obviously I can't say where this was here or in a PM but they are there and we just got very lucky and had a very knowledgeable guide.

I saw the exact same rhino with the serious wounds. Two weeks later, 20-30 Km further I had another encounter. I thought it be the same rhino because it was also very friendly (too friendly) it started to sniff at my car. In the last encounter it started to rock my car. I was afraid to start the car but luckily I was on a incline and gently roll the car away. At no time there were any aggression whatsoever.

What is the maximum file size. I reduced this now to 200KB but now really reduced the quality too much.

First picture, from the one you saw. The following two are the one with a mangled ear. The one that walked up to my car and the only thing I could photographed was the bird and his mangle ear. He had wounds on both flanks.

Last edited by barryels on Sat Nov 21, 2015 8:00 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason:Removed reference to where sighting was.